G2 at GW 2013
Friday, November 8, 2013
Lindner Commons, Suite 602
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20052
The U.S.-China relationship is now second to none in importance for international economic relations and policy and accordingly is a major focus of IIEP. The centerpiece of this initiative is our annual Conference on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic and Political Relations (or the “G2 at GW”), which as become one of the premier events of its type.
Schedule of Events
November 8, 2013
8:50 – 9:00AM Welcome and Overview of the Conference
9:00 – 10:30AM Session 1: U.S. – China Trade: Jobs and Competition
Moderated by Michael Moore
- Ann Harrison (University of Pennsylvania): Industrial Policy and Competition
- Mary Lovely (Syracuse University): Trade Liberalization and Labor Shares in China
- Peter Schott (Yale University): The Surprisingly Swift Decline of U.S. Manufacturing Employment
10:30 – 11:00AM Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00PM Session 2: Multinational firms in the U.S. and China
Moderated by Maggie Chen
- Lee Branstetter and Guangwei Li (Carnegie Mellon University): The Globalization of R&D: China, India, and the Rise of International Co-invention
- Wenjie Chen (George Washington University): OFDI from China-Firm-and Transaction-level Evidence
12:00 – 1:30PM Lunch and Keynote
- Steve Barnett (Division Chief-China, IMF) “China’s Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future”)
1:30-3:00PM Session 3: China’s Growth and Financial Liberalization
Moderated by Jay Shambaugh
- Xiaodong Zhu (University of Toronto): Accounting for China’s Growth
- Chang-Tai Hsieh (University of Chicago): Institutional Foundations of China’s Growth
- Menzie Chinn (University of Wisconsin at Madison) and Hiroyuki Ito (Portland State University): The Rise of the “Redback” and China’s Capital Account Liberalization: An Empirical Analysis on the Determinants of Invoicing Currencies
Moderated by Stephen Smith
- James Kung (HKUST): Do Land Revenue Windfalls Reduce the Career Incentives of County Leaders? Evidence from China
- Yan Wang (GWU, Peking University, and former World Bank): China’s Role in International Development Financing: Past, Present, and Prospect.
Dr. Yang published a joint paper in 2014 based on the ideas presented in this presentation; download the paper here.
An archive of all previous Annual Conferences on China’s Economic Development and U.S.-China Economic Relations is available here.
For more information, please contact Kyle Renner at iiep@gwu.edu or 202-994-5320.
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